Ship In Bottle

by john17021984campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Nov 2012 701 Views 3 comments

The Ship In The Bottle

Author: john17021984

Who can't admire the ship in the bottle
that sits on the mantlepiece of a stately home
with it's windblown sails, its row of cannons
and it's loyal crew.

A ship that will never encounter storms
or risk danger of running aground on jagged reefs
never seeing action or battling the high seas
and never discover new lands.

A ship of dignity, imprisoned in a glass dome
it will always remain the ship in the bottle.

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Posted: Nov 2012

About this poem:

It is about a model ship in a bottle on display and it is left to your imagination of it never being able to go were real ships do into the seas and oceans, it is just leaving you to wonder how those imaginary sailors would have felt on the distinguished ship and never really leaving the room. another poetry submission by me for competitions written around the same time as "Life".

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ladyjewelDurban, KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaJun 30, 2013

kind of a sad poem I think,
can you imagine being closed off in a glass bottle, never being able to
be anything but an object to be looked at only?

but as something of interest and beauty a ship made so perfectly inside a bottle
is kind of amazing:-)

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weemick1960Fife, Scotland UKJun 30, 2013

Nice one John, liked it, it would be better on the high seas though. We can break the bottle and with the magic of imagination let it sail free. Mind you don't put it near the Jamaicies, Jamie Lee and his band are sailing there. Just having a little joke friend. Enjoyed it.
MIKE.

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ladyjewelDurban, KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaJul 1, 2013

sweet John, lol, will try write about a ship in a bottle, sounds like a lovely idea for a poem, but
dont know if I can do one to outdo my Man, giggles will just not be far, I think eveything he does is kind of wonderful